Burst Capital

Burst Capital, established in 2017 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage software and service companies, with a focus on marketplace and SaaS business models. The firm typically participates in Seed or Series A rounds, and its investment portfolio spans across various sectors, including education, health & wellness, real estate, enterprise, financial services, and technology.

Geoff Donaker

Founder and General Partner

Lim, Wendy

General Partner

39 past transactions

Pickle

Series A in 2025
Pickle is a peer-to-peer clothing rental marketplace that connects users with trendy outfits available in their local communities. The platform facilitates a seamless rental experience by offering simple listing processes, flexible pricing, and rental periods. Users can access a diverse selection of apparel and explore various brands and styles without the commitment of ownership. Pickle emphasizes convenience with same-day local delivery options, particularly in major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. In these urban areas, the service allows for both in-person exchanges and quick deliveries through courier services. By promoting sustainable fashion choices, Pickle provides an innovative alternative to traditional clothing ownership.

Baton Market

Series A in 2025
Baton Market, founded in 2021 and based in Richmond, Massachusetts, offers data-driven business valuation services aimed at empowering small business owners. The company focuses on providing accurate business valuation estimates that help maximize the value of enterprises. By leveraging first-party financial data, Baton Market specializes in producing refined valuations tailored specifically for small businesses, making these insights accessible to owners. The company's mission is to ensure that small business owners receive fair compensation for their efforts and contributions, promoting the idea that ownership of small businesses should be attainable for all.

Toothio

Seed Round in 2024
Toothio is transforming the dental staffing industry through a technology-driven platform that connects dental offices with qualified professionals on demand. The platform facilitates job posting, applicant management, and scheduling, allowing dental practices to access high-quality talent efficiently. Simultaneously, it provides dental professionals with the flexibility to find work that aligns with their schedules. By streamlining the hiring process, Toothio aims to enhance staffing solutions within the dental sector.

Rising Team

Series A in 2024
Rising Team is a software development company that specializes in creating tools aimed at enhancing employee engagement and facilitating talent development. The company offers a leadership and team development platform that empowers managers to build engaged and successful teams. This platform adopts a holistic approach to leadership development by combining training with community support. It equips managers to conduct impactful team-building sessions, whether remotely or in-person, without the need for external facilitators. Each session focuses on a specific leadership or connection topic, providing both training for the leader and an engaging experience for the team. Through its offerings, Rising Team fosters deeper connections, trust, and resilience within teams, ultimately contributing to stronger management and improved organizational dynamics.

Daisy

Series A in 2024
Daisy is a company that specializes in the installation and services of smart space technology, focusing on both home and office environments. Its mission is to simplify the integration and functionality of smart devices, enabling users to optimize their technology for better performance. By providing tailored solutions, Daisy helps individuals and families effectively utilize and enjoy their smart technologies, enhancing their overall experience in daily life.

Zingly.ai

Seed Round in 2024
Zingly.ai is a next-generation AI and Digital-First CX Center platform that unifies customer interactions across all channels—voice, chat, email, and video—into persistent, always-on digital spaces. Zingly empowers businesses to deliver proactive, personalized engagement at scale, driving revenue growth, operational efficiency, and superior service. With tools like GenAI Agent for automating customer interactions and Agent Copilot for enhancing agent performance, Zingly helps organizations transform customer service from a cost center into a powerful revenue engine. Trusted by industries such as finance, healthcare, and retail, Zingly is reshaping CX with safe, AI-driven solutions that prioritize compliance and data security.

Float Health ()

Series A in 2024
Float Health is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in providing on-demand nursing services directly to patients' homes. The mobile application developed by Float Health allows consumers to request a nurse for in-home care, addressing various challenges related to scheduling, vetting, and ensuring timely charting and invoicing for insurance purposes. By facilitating access to nursing resources, Float Health aims to enhance the patient experience, enabling individuals to receive essential medical care in the comfort of their own homes.

Sibli

Seed Round in 2024
Sibli is a technology company that leverages advancements in natural language processing and generative AI to process large volumes of unstructured and semi-structured data. By extracting meaningful insights from these data sources, Sibli empowers fundamental and quantitative asset managers to enhance their investment research capabilities. The company's tools enable investors to automate aspects of their research processes, saving time and expanding coverage while facilitating more informed decision-making. Through its innovative solutions, Sibli aims to provide an information advantage to its users in the competitive landscape of investment management.

OfferFit

Series B in 2023
OfferFit is an AI-powered experimentation platform that automates decision-making and personalization for businesses, enhancing customer engagement strategies. It utilizes a self-learning artificial intelligence-based decision engine to segment customers and identify optimal offers tailored to each group. By leveraging machine learning, OfferFit continuously tests various promotions and interactions, enabling companies to refine their marketing approaches based on customer responses. This technology not only improves the effectiveness of marketing campaigns but also elevates the overall customer experience through personalized recommendations.

Pickle

Seed Round in 2023
Pickle is a peer-to-peer clothing rental marketplace that connects users with trendy outfits available in their local communities. The platform facilitates a seamless rental experience by offering simple listing processes, flexible pricing, and rental periods. Users can access a diverse selection of apparel and explore various brands and styles without the commitment of ownership. Pickle emphasizes convenience with same-day local delivery options, particularly in major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. In these urban areas, the service allows for both in-person exchanges and quick deliveries through courier services. By promoting sustainable fashion choices, Pickle provides an innovative alternative to traditional clothing ownership.

Standard Fleet

Seed Round in 2023
Standard Fleet is a developer of software tailored for electric fleet businesses, focusing on enhancing operational efficiency in sectors such as delivery, rental, car sharing, leasing, and taxi services. The company creates custom online and mobile tools that help clients track vehicle charging, manage trip expenses, and generate detailed activity and mileage reports. Additionally, the software provides alerts for battery health, tire maintenance, and wear reduction, allowing users to optimize the performance and profitability of their electric vehicle fleets. Founded by a former CEO of a transportation startup acquired by Apple, Standard Fleet is supported by a team of experienced professionals from leading technology companies, including Apple and Tesla, who aim to make a significant impact in the electric vehicle industry.

Airvet

Series B in 2023
Airvet Inc. is a veterinary telemedicine platform that connects pet owners with veterinarians through its mobile application. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, Airvet enables users to schedule virtual appointments, facilitating real-time interactions via video, audio, and chat. The platform aims to enhance the continuity of care between pet parents and their veterinarians, thereby strengthening existing relationships. Airvet's services include general health checkups, addressing medical and behavioral questions, and conducting follow-up consultations, all designed to provide affordable access to veterinary care. By modernizing the pet care experience, Airvet helps ensure that pets receive the necessary support to lead happy and healthy lives.

Toothio

Seed Round in 2023
Toothio is transforming the dental staffing industry through a technology-driven platform that connects dental offices with qualified professionals on demand. The platform facilitates job posting, applicant management, and scheduling, allowing dental practices to access high-quality talent efficiently. Simultaneously, it provides dental professionals with the flexibility to find work that aligns with their schedules. By streamlining the hiring process, Toothio aims to enhance staffing solutions within the dental sector.

Breef

Venture Round in 2022
Breef is a New York-based company that operates a marketing agency platform designed to connect leading brands with boutique agencies for their digital and creative needs. Founded by George Raptis and Emily Bibb, the platform allows users to post projects and search for agencies specializing in various services, including digital marketing, web development, paid advertising, branding, and public relations. By facilitating this connection, Breef helps clients streamline their advertising processes, ultimately saving them time and resources on their marketing campaigns.

Swantide

Seed Round in 2022
Swantide is a developer of customer relationship management software tailored for sales, marketing, and operations teams. The company focuses on automating the configuration and management of go-to-market technology stacks, providing a streamlined approach for businesses to set up and manage customer interactions. Their software facilitates the design, building, and management of global transportation management systems, enhancing engagement and enabling organizations to improve visibility and accuracy in their revenue operations. By offering these solutions, Swantide empowers businesses to grow and optimize their customer engagement strategies effectively.

Collectly

Series A in 2022
Collectly, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing debt recovery software aimed at enhancing the billing process for healthcare organizations. Founded in 2016 and based in Walnut, California, Collectly provides a platform that automates the collection of overdue payments from patients, improving collection rates for medical practices. The software utilizes artificial intelligence to identify potentially overdue invoices and facilitates communication with customers through various channels, such as email and chat. Additionally, it allows users to connect with payment providers for direct transactions, streamlining revenue cycle operations and enhancing the overall patient financial experience. Collectly's tools not only support billing teams in increasing patient collections but also aim to simplify the payment process for debtors by offering online payment options and flexible payment plans.

Fanimal

Seed Round in 2022
Fanimal is a San Francisco-based company that has developed a platform for purchasing tickets to live events across the United States. The application facilitates group ticket purchases by allowing users to coordinate payments among friends, ensuring a smooth buying experience. Fanimal emphasizes low and transparent pricing, enabling customers to book tickets for concerts and other live events without incurring additional fees. The platform is designed to simplify the ticket-buying process, making it easier for users to access information about various live events while managing their purchases effectively.

Gated

Seed Round in 2022
Gated is an email management platform designed to help users manage their inboxes more effectively by reducing unwanted sales emails. By integrating seamlessly with existing email setups, Gated allows users to control when and how they receive marketing communications. The platform works by automatically sending challenge emails to unknown senders, requiring them to pay a fee to reach the user's inbox. This payment is then donated to a nonprofit organization of the user's choice. Gated has been shown to decrease inbox volume by an average of 43%, allowing users to focus on the emails that matter most to them and their business. The service is free for users and aims to create a more productive and peaceful email experience.

Northstar

Funding Round in 2022
Northstar is a company that provides a financial wellness platform designed to support employees in effectively managing their total compensation. By partnering with leading organizations, Northstar offers personalized financial advisory services and tools as part of employee benefits, focusing on areas such as retirement planning, budget maintenance, and debt management. The platform is particularly useful during key moments like onboarding, open enrollment, and equity events, allowing companies to enhance their financial support for employees at scale. Northstar's clients include notable companies such as Zoom, Snap, NerdWallet, Superhuman, and Virgin Orbit, reflecting its commitment to improving financial literacy and wellness in the workplace.

OfferFit

Series A in 2021
OfferFit is an AI-powered experimentation platform that automates decision-making and personalization for businesses, enhancing customer engagement strategies. It utilizes a self-learning artificial intelligence-based decision engine to segment customers and identify optimal offers tailored to each group. By leveraging machine learning, OfferFit continuously tests various promotions and interactions, enabling companies to refine their marketing approaches based on customer responses. This technology not only improves the effectiveness of marketing campaigns but also elevates the overall customer experience through personalized recommendations.

Huckleberry Labs

Series A in 2021
Huckleberry makes behavioral expertise accessible and affordable to all families by combining AI with human experts, starting with children's sleep.

Instawork

Series C in 2021
Instawork is a career marketplace focused on connecting hospitality professionals with businesses seeking to hire on-demand talent. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company transforms traditional recruiting practices for small businesses by providing an automated matching solution. Its platform allows qualified professionals and hourly workers to find job shifts that align with their schedules, thereby facilitating a more efficient hiring process. Instawork aims to create economic opportunities for local businesses and professionals on a global scale.

Oliver Space

Series A in 2021
Oliver Space is a home furnishing company founded in 2018 in San Francisco, California, by Chan Park. The company specializes in providing a wide range of furniture and home decor products, including sofas, rugs, pillows, and plants, through an online platform. Oliver Space offers customers a flexible payment structure, allowing them to rent or buy items on a monthly subscription basis with the option to try before they commit, all at 0% interest. This approach enables customers to create appealing living spaces without financial strain, making home decoration both accessible and affordable.

Nana

Series A in 2021
Nana is a vertically integrated trade skills school that specializes in training individuals in appliance repair. The organization aims to address the impending job displacement caused by technological automation, specifically targeting the 35 million people projected to lose their jobs by 2030. Nana provides comprehensive training in trade skills, enhances participants' experience through a mentorship program, and facilitates job placements in collaboration with leading brands such as Samsung and GE. By refining this educational and employment pipeline, Nana not only equips a new generation of tradespeople with essential skills but also plays a critical role in revitalizing America's workforce and generating economic opportunities.

Ada

Series C in 2021
Ada Support Inc. is a computer software company that specializes in a chatbot platform designed to enhance customer experience for enterprise businesses. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Ada's platform leverages artificial intelligence to enable non-technical support teams to automate responses to customer inquiries. By utilizing a web and mobile machine learning engine, the platform effectively reduces support volume and empowers customers to find answers independently. Additionally, the system is capable of learning from interactions, continuously improving its ability to address customer needs and streamline support processes.

Moxie

Seed Round in 2021
At Moxie, we envision a world where everybody's home for fitness is where you are right now. So you can achieve your goals with confidence... Anywhere. Anytime. Where you live. Where you travel. Outdoors. In the studio. At your convenience. On your schedule. Made possible by fitness coaches who connect with you. Welcome to Moxie! Your home for fitness. Moxie is the only fitness platform that provides consumers with direct connection to thousands of fitness coaches who are ready to help you achieve your wellness goals. - Join live classes that fit your schedule -- with the world's largest selection of daily livestream and in-person fitness and yoga classes - Or, choose from from over 60,000 on-demand recorded classes available anytime - Use our advanced filters to make your perfect fitness connection, such as: beginner prenatal yoga with an experienced coach at 9am on Thursdays! - Get tips and advice from your coaches -- before, during, and after each class - Benefit from 2-way livestream options that enable you to get the coaching and feedback you need, while respecting your privacy.

Rising Team

Seed Round in 2021
Rising Team is a software development company that specializes in creating tools aimed at enhancing employee engagement and facilitating talent development. The company offers a leadership and team development platform that empowers managers to build engaged and successful teams. This platform adopts a holistic approach to leadership development by combining training with community support. It equips managers to conduct impactful team-building sessions, whether remotely or in-person, without the need for external facilitators. Each session focuses on a specific leadership or connection topic, providing both training for the leader and an engaging experience for the team. Through its offerings, Rising Team fosters deeper connections, trust, and resilience within teams, ultimately contributing to stronger management and improved organizational dynamics.

Northstar

Series A in 2020
Northstar is a company that provides a financial wellness platform designed to support employees in effectively managing their total compensation. By partnering with leading organizations, Northstar offers personalized financial advisory services and tools as part of employee benefits, focusing on areas such as retirement planning, budget maintenance, and debt management. The platform is particularly useful during key moments like onboarding, open enrollment, and equity events, allowing companies to enhance their financial support for employees at scale. Northstar's clients include notable companies such as Zoom, Snap, NerdWallet, Superhuman, and Virgin Orbit, reflecting its commitment to improving financial literacy and wellness in the workplace.

Nana

Seed Round in 2020
Nana is a vertically integrated trade skills school that specializes in training individuals in appliance repair. The organization aims to address the impending job displacement caused by technological automation, specifically targeting the 35 million people projected to lose their jobs by 2030. Nana provides comprehensive training in trade skills, enhances participants' experience through a mentorship program, and facilitates job placements in collaboration with leading brands such as Samsung and GE. By refining this educational and employment pipeline, Nana not only equips a new generation of tradespeople with essential skills but also plays a critical role in revitalizing America's workforce and generating economic opportunities.

Huckleberry Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Huckleberry makes behavioral expertise accessible and affordable to all families by combining AI with human experts, starting with children's sleep.

Airvet

Series A in 2020
Airvet Inc. is a veterinary telemedicine platform that connects pet owners with veterinarians through its mobile application. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, Airvet enables users to schedule virtual appointments, facilitating real-time interactions via video, audio, and chat. The platform aims to enhance the continuity of care between pet parents and their veterinarians, thereby strengthening existing relationships. Airvet's services include general health checkups, addressing medical and behavioral questions, and conducting follow-up consultations, all designed to provide affordable access to veterinary care. By modernizing the pet care experience, Airvet helps ensure that pets receive the necessary support to lead happy and healthy lives.

Ada

Series B in 2020
Ada Support Inc. is a computer software company that specializes in a chatbot platform designed to enhance customer experience for enterprise businesses. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Ada's platform leverages artificial intelligence to enable non-technical support teams to automate responses to customer inquiries. By utilizing a web and mobile machine learning engine, the platform effectively reduces support volume and empowers customers to find answers independently. Additionally, the system is capable of learning from interactions, continuously improving its ability to address customer needs and streamline support processes.

Gabi

Series B in 2020
Gabi Personal Insurance Agency, Inc. is an online insurance broker founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company offers a free digital tool that allows consumers to compare auto and home insurance rates from various providers, including both established companies and newer entrants in the market. Gabi's technology continuously monitors insurance rates, providing unbiased advice to help customers find optimal coverage at the lowest prices. By connecting to a customer's existing insurance accounts, Gabi's application utilizes intelligent algorithms to streamline the process of comparing policies and facilitates easy switching between providers. This approach saves consumers time and money while ensuring they receive the best possible insurance products tailored to their needs.

RedCircle

Seed Round in 2019
RedCircle is a podcasting platform designed to assist creators in managing, distributing, and monetizing their audio content. Based in San Francisco, the company focuses on empowering podcasters by providing tools that facilitate seamless content management and monetization without any associated costs or limitations on downloads. Its platform enables podcasters to easily collect advertising revenue and offers insights into audience demographics, which helps both creators and advertisers evaluate the effectiveness of their campaigns. By simplifying the podcasting process, RedCircle aims to support creators in growing their audience and maximizing their revenue potential.

Skylight Healthcare Systems

Series A in 2019
Skylight Healthcare Systems, Inc. specializes in providing interactive patient care system technology for hospitals and healthcare administrators. The company operates the ACCESS interactive patient system, a two-way digital communications platform that transforms hospital television sets into comprehensive information, communication, education, and entertainment networks. This system enables patients to access essential information about their hospital stay, request assistance from support departments, view on-demand health education, provide real-time feedback through surveys, and enjoy various entertainment options. Additionally, Skylight offers iCarePassport, a web-based patient care and outcomes system designed to enhance ongoing patient engagement by facilitating personalized communication throughout the continuum of care. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Skylight Healthcare Systems addresses the critical needs of patients in education, health literacy, and access to services, thereby improving the overall healthcare experience.

Instawork

Series B in 2019
Instawork is a career marketplace focused on connecting hospitality professionals with businesses seeking to hire on-demand talent. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company transforms traditional recruiting practices for small businesses by providing an automated matching solution. Its platform allows qualified professionals and hourly workers to find job shifts that align with their schedules, thereby facilitating a more efficient hiring process. Instawork aims to create economic opportunities for local businesses and professionals on a global scale.

Gencove

Series A in 2019
Gencove is a software platform that specializes in high-throughput, cost-effective genome sequencing, utilizing low-pass sequencing technology. The company focuses on developing molecular and computational tools aimed at making whole-genome sequencing fast, affordable, and actionable. By setting a new standard in genomics research and diagnostics, Gencove caters to a wide range of industries, including agriculture and pharmaceuticals, thereby providing researchers with accessible genomic data.

Ada

Series A in 2018
Ada Support Inc. is a computer software company that specializes in a chatbot platform designed to enhance customer experience for enterprise businesses. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Ada's platform leverages artificial intelligence to enable non-technical support teams to automate responses to customer inquiries. By utilizing a web and mobile machine learning engine, the platform effectively reduces support volume and empowers customers to find answers independently. Additionally, the system is capable of learning from interactions, continuously improving its ability to address customer needs and streamline support processes.

Hostie

Hostie is an AI-first customer experience platform designed for restaurants, automating guest inquiries, reservations, and takeout orders. We proudly partner with some of the world’s top restaurants, including Flour + Water, Nisei, Slanted Door, ILIS, and more. Co-founded by a product designer-turned-restaurateur and an AI engineer, Hostie blends hospitality expertise with cutting-edge technology to enhance restaurant operations.
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